Venice: "Don't Look Now"

Venice: "Don't Look Now"

Paramount Pictures

David Lean's "Summertime" inspired lots of tourists who dreamed that they, like Katharine Hepburn, might find love along the Grand Canal. But an even more vivid Venetian adventure is Nicolas Roeg's romantic thriller from 1973, which captures the more sinister side of one of the most photogenic cities on the globe. The film takes place in Venice in winter, so it has a different flavor from "Summertime." Along with Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie, you find yourself more and more disoriented by the city's maze-like byways and empty cathedrals. The nightmarish yet oddly beautiful conclusion suggests that Venice, like many mysterious cities, is one that you explore at your own risk.

David Lean's "Summertime" inspired lots of tourists who dreamed that they, like Katharine Hepburn, might find love along the Grand Canal. But an even more vivid Venetian adventure is Nicolas Roeg's romantic thriller from 1973, which captures the more sinister side of one of the most photogenic cities on the globe. The film takes place in Venice in winter, so it has a different flavor from "Summertime." Along with Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie, you find yourself more and more disoriented by the city's maze-like byways and empty cathedrals. The nightmarish yet oddly beautiful conclusion suggests that Venice, like many mysterious cities, is one that you explore at your own risk. (Paramount Pictures)

David Lean's "Summertime" inspired lots of tourists who dreamed that they, like Katharine Hepburn, might find love along the Grand Canal. But an even more vivid Venetian adventure is Nicolas Roeg's romantic thriller from 1973, which captures the more sinister side of one of the most photogenic cities on the globe. The film takes place in Venice in winter, so it has a different flavor from "Summertime." Along with Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie, you find yourself more and more disoriented by the city's maze-like byways and empty cathedrals. The nightmarish yet oddly beautiful conclusion suggests that Venice, like many mysterious cities, is one that you explore at your own risk.